I really can’t continue where I said I would about open relationships when two artists of Color have created media in ways that are producing so many reactions! This weekend, as I moved my life into a new apartment friends on twitter and facebook encouraged others to check out the new video by Erykah Badu for her upcoming album New Amerykah Part II: Return Of The Ankh, which was released on Tuesday March 30, 2010.

I took a 20-minute break from moving boxes and watched the video. Here’s the one I saw:

As you can imagine there have been many responses regarding this video. My homegirl Sylvia shared with me another video that was created for this song here:

What I find is missing from these discussions are the conversations, ideas, thoughts, impressions, and critique from all of YOU. There are a lot of older folks (think over 25) who are talking about this video and it’s representations and meanings. Yet, I want to hear you all talk about what this video may mean and represent for you. So share your thoughts! For those of you who don’t know the video was shot at the same location as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Here’s an article discussing how/why Badu and company did not get arrested.

As my Monday afternoon began I had convinced myself to take a well-deserved nap! (Nesting is hard work!) Yet that was not what happened when I read a tweet from many friends that Puerto Rican artist Ricky Martin had "come out" as a gay man on his blog. It’s kind of a big deal for me, a Puerto Rican woman, because I know that in Puerto Rico people are murdered for being anything besides heterosexual; especially gay Puerto Rican males. There’s also the fact that Ricky Martin is staying on the island to live and raise his children (for the most part). This is HUGE as many of the Puerto Rican narratives we have come from a migratory experience as people who "come out" have chosen to remove themselves from the mainland of Puerto Rico and move to the states because of homophobia, issues of safety, and support systems. You can read more about this in the amazing book Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities In The Diaspora by Larry La Fountain-Stokes.

What are your thoughts? There’s a lot going on for the week just beginning!